Projects That Shaped Me: Sophia O’Grady
Growing up I attended a school in Salisbury and had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my career but I had always had a keen interest in...
02 June, 2021
Articles
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – Connect with Nature
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of connecting with nature. At Ward Williams Associates (WWA) we recognise the importance of supporting our teams' mental health alongside...
10 May, 2021
Earth Day 2021
As a team, we are continuously challenging ourselves to consider how we can reduce our impact on the planet operationally and technically. ...
22 April, 2021
Project That Shaped Me: Claire Kirton
I have loved building since I was a small girl – from sandcastles to dolls houses, Lego to Meccano. I am fortunate that I have been able to build a...
13 April, 2021
B Corp Month: The B Corp Built Environment Working Group
In 2020 the team at Ward Williams Associates (WWA) was incredibly proud to achieve a World First! We became the first Chartered Surveyors in the world to become a Certified...
29 March, 2021
B Corp Month: The power of networking in construction
It’s B Corp Month and we have been thinking about how we can use ‘business as a force for good’. B Corp has posed the question “how can we be...
15 March, 2021
Dispute Resolution: Thoughts on Adjudication
The construction industry is known for the number of disputes that arise in it, and having spent all my working life, not an insignificant number of years, in the sector...
08 March, 2021
Career Story – Harrison Stone (Trainee Quantity Surveyor)
Harrison Stone, Assistant Quantity Surveyor in the WWA Plymouth office, shares his career story: How did you get into construction? Once I had completed my A-Levels, I left college with little idea...
23 November, 2018
Breaking Ground at The Wave
Enabling works have started on the innovative inland surfing project, The Wave. The Wave is located just off the M5 at Bristol and will be the first inland surf lake in...
23 October, 2018
Career Story – James Griffin (Project Manager)
James Griffin, Project Manager in the WWA Truro office, shares his career story: What is your background and how did you get into Construction? My family runs a construction business, which I...
16 October, 2018